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P. KRIEOKHAUS. ROLL PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

No. 450,943. Patented Apr. 21 1'891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK KRIEOKIIAIIS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICANROLL PAPER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

ROLL-PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 450,943, dated April21, 1891. Application filed May 16, 1889. Serial No. 311,027. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK KRIECK- HAUS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Missourhhaveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Roll-Paper Holders andCutters, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvementin roll-paper holders andcutters,and has forits object to simplify construction by utilizinginthe most advantageous manner the weight of the paper roll for producingthe necessary tension on the paper while being cut and to facilitate theseizure and unrolling of the paper from the roll after a portion hasbeen cut therefrom.

It consists in features of novelty, as hereinafter claimed.

On the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of myimproved roll-paper holder and cutter; Fig. 2, a front elevationthereof; and Fig. 3 a cross-section through the cutter on line 3 3 inFig. 2,to an enlarged scale.

Like letters of reference denote like parts in all the figures.

a represents a paper roll having the usual core-rollers Z) and centralspindle c. The projecting ends of the spindle bear upon the uppersurfaces (Z of two opposite upright side frames e, fixed to the base f.The bearingsurfaces (Z incline downward at a suitable angle from theirrear ends toward the front abutment or upwardly-extending wall (Z' ofthe holder, whereat is provided, above the latter, a roller g,which ismounted horizontally on its spindle h,between the side frames 0 atasuitable distance forward from the front ends of the inclines (Z and ata distance axially from the said ends somewhat less thanthe radius ofthe rollers b of the paper roll a plus the radius of the spindle c (orjournals of the rollers Z), as maybe arranged) plus the radius of theroller g. The roller 9 provides a rounded bearing-surface for the rollat the front thereof above and at the inner edge of the cutter-bar.

Below and at a suitable distance in front of the roller g is arrangedhorizontally between and fixed to the side frames ein inverted positionto the projections e of the side frames a cutter-bar i, which intransverse section is preferably thin and of ogee form, inclineddownward and forward from the roller g toward its cutting-edge; but, ifpreferred, the cutter i may be of any other desirable section similarlyarranged with respect to the roller g. \Vhen of ogee form, thecutter-bar presents a convex friction-surface i, on which the paper'binds when a piece is severed.

In operation, the paper roll a, with its core rollers Z) and spindle 0,being placed on the inclines (Z, and thereby normally gravitating alongthe latter toward their front ends, the circumference of the paper rolla presses against the roller g, around the upper surface of which thepaper from the roll a is passed, as indicated by the arrows in Fig. l,and thence downward across the back and beneath the cutting-edge of thecutter 1 forward to the required extentfor cutting. A portion of thepaper at having been cut off by pulling upward thereon against thecutter "i, the free end of the paper roll a falls backwardin the spaceor inverted pocket between the cutter-bar and the roll' from the cutter'2; into the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3, so as toleave a portion of the paper exposed and available for being readilyseized by the thumb and finger for unrolling the paper from the roll a,ready for a fresh out. As the paper roll a diminishes in diameterits'weight, act- -ing along the inclines (Z, maintains the tension onthe paper between the roll a and roller g by the lapping of the papermore and more around the latter until the roll a is exhausted and itsspindle c reaches the lower front ends of the inclines (Z, so that thecore-rollers 1) press against and are stopped by the roller 9, as shownby dotted lines in Fig. 1.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of the upright side frames,each side frame having an inclined surface (Z, an abutment orupwardly-extending wall (Z', and a projection c, a roll journaled 011the inclined surfaces, a roller g, journaled in the upper ends of theabutments or upwardly-extending walls, and a cutter-bar secured to theprojections in inverted position, forming, with the roll, a pocket forthe free end of the paper, substantially as described and shown.

a roiler g, jonrnaied in the upper ends of the abutments,and acutter-bar 'i,of ogee form in cross-section,securedin invertedandinciined 15 position to the'projections, substantially as describedand shown. 7

In testimonywhereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses,this 8th day of May, 1889.

FREDERICK KRIEOKHAUS. Witnesses:

S. L. SCHRADER, PAUL BAKEWELL.

